If I could put my hand on the north star, would it be as beautiful? The sea is lovely, but when we bathe in it the beauty forsakesall the near water. For the imagination and senses cannot be gratified at the same time.

The boxer's ring is the enjoyment of the part of society whose animal nature alone has been developed.

It does not to dwell on dreams and forget to live, but it is equally foolish to ignore the past – never forget.

I look on that man as happy, who, when there is question of success, looks into his work for a reply.

The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land.

Power educates the potentate.

Nature is a tropical swamp in sunshine, on whose purlieus we hear the song of summer birds, and see prismatic dewdrops, - but her interiors are terrific, full of hydras and crocodiles.